Address device



' A. T. POE-HLMANN.

ADDRESS DEVICE.

- APPLICATION FILED APR.2I, 1919.

1,376,900. Patented May 3,1921.

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ANDREW TRUST POEHLMANN, or cnronsvinnn, MARYLAND.

- ADDRESS DEVICE.

. Specification of Letterslatent. Patented May 3,

. Application filed April 21-, 1919. Serial No. 291,445;

I! '0 (M whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW TRUST POEHLMANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,

residing at Catonsfille, in the county of Baltimore and State ofMaryland, have invented a new and useful Address Device, of.

which the following is a specification.

This invention is a device ofthe type ordinarily attached to shippingreceptacles and the like, by means of which the destina-v tion of thereceptacle and other desirable data may be carried.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple device of thecharacter reterred to, capable ofbeing attachedto-a shipping receptacleby means of which the names of the consignee and of the shipperrespectively, may be conveniently displayed and in which the same labelmay be em: ployed for address purposes when the re-- ceptacle isreturned to the original; shipper.

A further object is to provide a reversible label carrier having meansby which an address tag may be engaged and retained thereby. A furtherobject is to provide a holder for the label carrier, said holder havingsight openings {or the indicia at,

tached to the label carrier, and having label carrier. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section view of the entire device illustrated in Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 55, Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing,10 designates a base of any suitable material,preferably or" thin sheet metal, provided with means whereby it may beattached to a carrier, the means illustrated consisting of holes 11 forthe reception of securing devices. Attached to said base are flanges 12of a face plate 13 shaped at its edges to provide a space between it andthe base 10, whereby a holder is provided having one side and both endsclosed, the other side being provided with an opening through which thelabel carrier may beinserted. The face plate is p'rovided with sightopenings 14, 14, 15 and 15 .andsuitable indicia may be printedcontiguous to said openings. -For purposes of illustrationthe word Frommay be placed above the opening 14 and the word To placed above theopening 15. placed contiguous to the'openings 14" and 15, but it will benoted that the wordshave' beenreversed both as to position withrelation; to the words contiguous tov the openings 14 and 15 and alsowith relation'to each other.

-The label carrier consists of, a body-16 of sheet material providedwith hook-like flanges 17 on :its'side edges,.and having sight openings18 and 19' positioned to cor respond with the openings 14 and 15- or theopenings. 14 and 15 of the face plate.

Attached in suitable manner to the backiof the body 16 is a clip 20capable of engaging and retaining a card .21 which is provided with theshippers address indicated at 22 The same words are correspondingly andthe consignees' addressindicated at 23.

The-flanges 17 serve a twofold purpose,-

first'to provide a means of engagement for the operators hand in placingthe 091F161"- into and removing it from the holder, and

second, the innermost flange serves as a means for preventing accidentalremoval of the label carrier. The holder'may be provided with anysuitable form of catch t0 cooperate with the flange 17 but for purposesof illustration the face plate is shown as provided with a slit portion24 which is slightly depressed to serve as a spring catch capable ofengaging the flange 17. It is preferred to slightly depress the strips25 between the sight openings so that they will have a yieldableengagement with the label carrier, and thereby prevent a toofreemovement thereof.

in practice a card 21 1s slipped under the clip 20 so that the shippersaddress is dis-' played through the opening 18 and the consigneesaddress is displayed through the I opening 19. The carrier 16 is theninserted into the holder so that the address 22 shows through theopening 14 and the address 23 shows through the opening 15, the carrierbeing pushed into the holder until the innermost flange 17 is engaged bythe catch 24. When the consignee desires to return the receptacle, thecarrier 16 is removed by pressing out the outermost flange 17 or rier iswithdrawn its position is reversed and it is again inserted 1nto theholder so pulling thereon sufficiently to disengage the carrier from thecatch 24. After the cardirections by which the receptacle is returned tothe original shipper and an indication that it is from the originalconsignee. Thus the same label serves for both forward-ing and returnpurposes.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention and described anoperative manner' of constructing and using the same, although withoutattempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or allof the forms of its use, what is claimed is:- V

1. An address device of the character de scribed comprising a holderhaving sight openings contiguous .to both ends, locking means carried bysaid holder, and an ad dress carrier having spaced apart flanges eitherof which maybe engaged with said locking means to prevent accidentalremoval of saidaddress carrier, the flange distant from that engaged bythe locking means being'exposed for convenient engagement to withdrawsaid address carrier from the holder, said address carrier having meansfor exposing an address through either of the sight openings of theholder.

7 2. An address devic of the character described comprising a holderhaving sight openings contiguous to both ends, locking means contiguousto one edge of-said holder,

and an address carrier constructed for slidable engagement with saidholder and having its side edges provided with flanges,

either of which may be engaged with said locking means to preventaccidental removal of said address carrier, the flange distant from thatengaged by the locking device being extended beyond the contiguous edgeof the holder whereby it may be conveniently engaged to withdraw theaddress carrier from said holder, said address carrier having means forexposing an address through either of the sight openings of the holder.

3. An address device of the character described comprising a holderprovided with a spring cat-ch, said holder also having sight openingscontiguous to both ends, and a reversible address carrier having sideedges provided with spaced apart flanges either of which may beinterlocked with said catch to prevent accidental removal of said address carrier, the flange distant from that engaged by the catch beingexposed, whereby it may be conveniently engaged to withdraw the addresscarrier from the holder, said address carrier having means for exposingan address through either 01"" the sight openings of the holder.

' 4:. An address device of the character described comprising a holderprovided with sight openings contiguous to its ends, a reversiblecarrier also having sight openings and side edges provided with flanges,means for attaching a card to the carrier in a position to come oppositethe sight opening thereof, and means carried by the holder capable ofinterlocking with either flangeof the carrier, whereby the sightopenings in the carrier arebrought into register with the sight openingsat either end of the holder.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

7 ANDREW TRUST POEHLMANN.

